State Department had two chances to stop Flight 253 jihadist from entering U.S., blew both

They could have flagged his visa -- twice. "U.S. Failed to Catch Suspect's Active Visa: Exclusive: 2 State Dept. Checks Before Alleged Terror Attack Didn't Discover Abdulmutallab had Active Visa Allowing Entry," by Armen Keteyian for CBS News, December 28 (thanks to Benedict):

CBS News has learned the State Department system designed to keep track of active U.S. visas twice failed to reveal Nigerian terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been issued an active visa allowing him multiple entries into the United States.

According to a law enforcement source, the first failure came on Nov. 19, 2009, the very same day Abdulmutallab father's, Dr. Umaru Mutallab, a prominent banking official in Nigeria, expressed deep concern to officials at the U.S. Embassy in Abjua, Nigeria, that his 23-year-old son had fallen under the influence of "religious extremists" in Yemen.

The second failure to flag an active visa belonging to Abdulmuttalab occurred the very next day in Washington, after Mutallab's concerns were forwarded to officials there. It was only after the Christmas Day terror attack in Detroit that U.S. officials learned that Abdulmuttalab had been issued a visa by the U.S. Embassy in London valid from June 16, 2008, through June 12, 2010.

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American citizens are in as much danger from their own government's ineptitude and ignorance as they are in danger from the moslem jihadis.

If the nigerian would be bomber had ordered a diet coke during the flight, rest assured, diet coke would be banned on all flights. This is how ridiculous the security measures have become. They are trying everything..whether it makes sense or not, just to make it look like they are effective. These people (at the top) cannot connect dots, this is why they are liberals.

If the nigerian would be bomber had ordered a diet coke during the flight, rest assured, diet coke would be banned on all flights. This is how ridiculous the security measures have become. They are trying everything..whether it makes sense or not, just to make it look like they are effective. These people (at the top) cannot connect dots, this is why they are liberals.

I'd be interested to know why a 2 year visa was issued to the then 21 year old Nigerian in the first place.
Did he have a job or a place at a US university?
Did he have a US sponsor or did his father's London connections have some influence over the process?


one more question to ponder:

where is the passport with the visa? did he have it on him when he was arrested or has it gone missing?

maybe the smart suited man at Schiphol was there to both make sure that "baby" Umar gets on the flight and b) try on the authorities regarding the passport. If the ground personnel insists then Umar would have to travel with the passport, otherwise the passport can be "recycled" - just a theory ;-)

Sorry this is off topic ....

I know there are some Russian speakers that visit here, I was wondering if one of you could do me a huge favor. Could you translate the text of this for me, I would like to make an english version of this with subtitles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLoBTifIey0

I'm going to post this on my blog .... you can get to the link via my profile.

The video is of Daniil Sysoyev, but in Russian. I know he is talking about Islam .... this is probably what got him killed. It should be heard by all of us I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLoBTifIey0

Greetings in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Let's not be proactive and adhere strictly to existing procedures meant to safeguard passengers; let's do a review after the fact. Yeah, that'll fix them killer Muhammedans. (It's only by God's grace that nearly 300 people are not dead.)

Let's make sure all embassy personnel, ticketing agents and airport screening people have current watchlists. Let's don't issue visas or airline tickets to people on watchlists, no matter how much they whine. Let them find another way to their destination.

Let's not allow passengers on flights when they don't have a passport. !!!!! D'uh!

We don't need more procedures, we need people who follow the rules instead of making exceptions.

The US State Department appeased communism for decades and now the appease islamofacist regimes all over the Middle East, from Turkey to Afghanistan. The treachery is nothing for Foggy Bottom.

Wouldn't dogs be able to sniff out the incendiary powders on the passenger? Perhaps it is time all people pass the "sniff" test before boarding a plane or train.

If I remember right Mohamed allowed his followers to have dogs for hunting and security, so this shouldn't be a problem for Muslims.

There are some good ideas above for improving security. We should push for implementations. Let's not be too judgemental though as hindsite is always a lot easier that foresight.

So if I had been on that flight and the terrorist's detonation mechanism had functioned properly, what would the incompetent idiots who should have and could have stopped him say? Gee, we're sorry? We don't know how this could have happened? Obviously. That's the point. This is one of the reasons I'm terrified of flying; it's not only about the terrorists but about the gross incompetence of those who are supposed to be protecting us from them.

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